as in guides
one that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy
the mayor served as the First Lady's escort for her tour of the city
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as in accompanies
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Recent Examples of escorts
Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
These drones serve as armed escorts, decoys, and intelligence sources.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
The only way to access Gaza throughout the war as a foreign journalist has been to be embedded with Israel's military with military spokespeople as escorts.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
ProPublica found that the escorts often lack the expertise needed to effectively supervise engineers with far more advanced technical skills.
—Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 29 Aug. 2025
Instead, responsibility falls to state police or highway patrol units, which can provide escorts or home surveillance when threats are deemed credible.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Keeping their spirits up on the journey would fall to their escorts or parents, and to a ship orchestra that was prepared to lead them in song.
—Doug Most
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
On Tuesday, some members symbolically tore up the paperwork authorizing the escorts.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Advertisement With the Democrats having returned from their protest, the Republican representatives now have the numbers necessary to continue their vote, despite their protest to the round-the-clock police escorts to ensure their attendance at Wednesday's session.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
The winner will arrive by private car and be welcomed by a personal concierge who escorts them to the bed placed right next to the baseline.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
The late producer Steve Bing introduced them, and Sheen became a frequent client of Fleiss’s, paying thousands and thousands for the company of her escorts.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
These drones serve as armed escorts, decoys, and intelligence sources.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
The only way to access Gaza throughout the war as a foreign journalist has been to be embedded with Israel's military with military spokespeople as escorts.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
ProPublica found that the escorts often lack the expertise needed to effectively supervise engineers with far more advanced technical skills.
—Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 29 Aug. 2025
Instead, responsibility falls to state police or highway patrol units, which can provide escorts or home surveillance when threats are deemed credible.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Keeping their spirits up on the journey would fall to their escorts or parents, and to a ship orchestra that was prepared to lead them in song.
—Doug Most
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
On Tuesday, some members symbolically tore up the paperwork authorizing the escorts.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Advertisement With the Democrats having returned from their protest, the Republican representatives now have the numbers necessary to continue their vote, despite their protest to the round-the-clock police escorts to ensure their attendance at Wednesday's session.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
Foreign reporters can currently only enter Gaza when the Israeli military allows and escorts them.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
The winner will arrive by private car and be welcomed by a personal concierge who escorts them to the bed placed right next to the baseline.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorts
Noun
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Close enough to feel, far enough that our guides only laughed.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Calling on your spirit guides, guardian angels, or ancestors?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The stutter that often accompanies lower-end portable displays isn’t present here.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Nguyen, who regularly accompanies migrants at immigration court, said Friday that the group has not seen any arrests in the hallway for the past two weeks.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the light rail’s early days, CATS attendants checked tickets frequently enough that people assumed the risk of getting slapped with a fare evasion fee was too high, McCrory said.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Four of the five campsites have flush toilets, hot showers, and camp attendants (from $40 per person, plus a $40 daily park entrance fee per person and a $15 daily vehicle entry fee).—
Mazuba Kapambwe,
AFAR Media,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bolsonaro is under house arrest, surrounded by guards to prevent him from fleeing to a foreign embassy to request asylum.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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The latter option is particularly tantalizing because both guards offer valuable skills that could help a playoff hopeful be even more formidable in 2025-26.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into several social media and artificial intelligence companies about the potential harms to children and teenagers who use their AI chatbots as companions.—
Barbara Ortutay,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Guide dogs that assist people with blindness or partial sightedness are a powerful reminder of the bond humans have formed with our four-legged companions.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Escorts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escorts. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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